Po
The noodle-shop panda chosen as the Dragon Warrior.
Po, full name Master Ping Xiao Po (born Li Lotus), is the giant panda at the centre of DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda franchise. Jack Black voices him in the films and Mick Wingert in the television series and video games. He first appeared in Kung Fu Panda (2008), where he is picked as the prophesied Dragon Warrior, and he leads the later films Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) and Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024).
Quick Facts
- Series
- Kung Fu Panda
- First
- Kung Fu Panda (2008)
- Creator
- Ethan Reiff; Cyrus Voris
- Full name
- Ping Xiao Po (given name); Li Lotus (birthname)
- Species
- Giant panda
- Occupation
- Kung Fu Master; Champion of the Valley of Peace
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Chinese
Lore & Background
Po starts out as an out-of-shape kung fu fan who helps his father serve noodles at the family restaurant and idolises the five masters trained by Shifu: Tigress, Monkey, Crane, Mantis and Viper. He can barely climb the steps up to the temple. Even so, he becomes Master Shifu's unlikely pupil and later leads the Furious Five. When Shifu finally hands him the Dragon Scroll it turns out to be blank, a reflective surface. Po then beats Tai Lung with the Wuxi Finger Hold, a technique he had taught himself, and is declared a master.
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